Your tour begins on the first floor of the Main Building, where you meet your UT Police escort, Officer J. J. Once in the elevator,
J. J. presses 27. Moments later, the elevator doors open on the 27th floor,
right into a locked door. It is the first of several barriers that you will
encounter on your trek to the top.

Officer J. J. unlocks the door. Stepping out, you turn right, into the
building's stairwell, and climb a half-flight of stairs. You stop at a locked,
steel-mesh door. Officer J. J. unlocks it, and you both ascend several more
stairs until another locked door blocks passage. Officer J. J. leads you
through.

You now stand inside a drab and stuffy room of blue-gray floors, walls,
ceilings, and doors. The building's elevator shaft occupies the center of the
room. The rest of the room is sprinked with faded furniture. Old photographs
hang on one of the walls. Bright warm sunlight pulls you to the windows of the
room.

Unlocking the final barrier, Officer J. J. invites you to step out onto the
observation deck.